Can pay-as-you-throw work in NYC? (Municipal Recycling).New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's recent decision to cut back on curbside commodities collected was clearly a step back in the eyes of recycling advocates. A former New York City Department of Sanitation budget analyst, now an independent consultant, believes the recycling collection cutback cut·back n. 1. A decrease; a curtailment: "The political effects of food cutbacks could be devastating" New York Times. 2. does not solve budget problems, but another change in strategy might. "The only real conclusion I draw is that if we're serious about reigning in our waste budget, `pay-as-you-throw' deserves a hearing right now," Steve Hammer, president of Hammer Environmental Consulting Environmental consulting is often a form of compliance consulting, in which the consultant ensures that the client maintains an appropriate measure of compliance with environmental regulations. , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , says. Pay-as-you-throw is a system where residents pay for additional solid waste bags or containers collected beyond the allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. number. Programs can be designed to use designated bags or tags placed on cans used by residents. "In other cities, researchers have found that waste levels decline by 16 to 17 percent when a pay-as-you-throw system is established," Hammer notes. Because more than 60 percent of New Yorkers live in multi-tenant buildings (of five or more units), solid waste collection is difficult to track, Hammer admits. "Pay-as-you-throw could be limited to one, two or three-family dwellings, keeping waste reduction incentives intact," he says. |
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